Burlington residents filled the gym at Champlain Elementary to get the latest on the Champlain Parkway.Watch story hereAfter decades of changes to the project, the group was warned early on that the meeting would not be open for suggestions or changes to the current plan.But not everyone's on board.Tony Redington calls himself a "roundabout advocate." He said he was disappointed to see the plan wouldn't include any.“Senior drivers, and this is senior drivers, about half their fatalities occur at intersections because they have a difficulty in judging speeds at intersections. For that reason alone as a senior and concerned about safety for seniors, roundabouts are increasingly the answer,” Redington said.He said he's fighting for some alterations to be made to the plan.“Let's do it correctly and get positive safety improvements for the corridor. Particularly for Pine Street and particularly for Lakeside Avenue, and that can be done without serious delay,” Redington said.The plan has changed numerous times over the years and Public Works Director Chapin Spencer said it isn't perfect. In fact, parts of the public's wish list have been shifted to future projects. But Spencer said this latest plan will work.“We've been able to take a project that was so unworkable, a four-lane divided highway that was conceived in the 1960s, and turn it into a two-lane city street, 25-mile-an-hour road that has robust bike-ped, transit accommodations,” Spencer said.Once the plan is finalized, construction is expected to begin in 2018 and will take about two seasons to complete.There will be another chance for the public to ask questions about the project at the next City Council meeting on Dec. 7.For more on the project, click here.

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Burlington residents filled the gym at Champlain Elementary to get the latest on the Champlain Parkway.

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After decades of changes to the project, the group was warned early on that the meeting would not be open for suggestions or changes to the current plan.

But not everyone's on board.

Tony Redington calls himself a "roundabout advocate." He said he was disappointed to see the plan wouldn't include any.

“Senior drivers, and this is senior drivers, about half their fatalities occur at intersections because they have a difficulty in judging speeds at intersections. For that reason alone as a senior and concerned about safety for seniors, roundabouts are increasingly the answer,” Redington said.

He said he's fighting for some alterations to be made to the plan.

“Let's do it correctly and get positive safety improvements for the corridor. Particularly for Pine Street and particularly for Lakeside Avenue, and that can be done without serious delay,” Redington said.

The plan has changed numerous times over the years and Public Works Director Chapin Spencer said it isn't perfect. In fact, parts of the public's wish list have been shifted to future projects. But Spencer said this latest plan will work.

“We've been able to take a project that was so unworkable, a four-lane divided highway that was conceived in the 1960s, and turn it into a two-lane city street, 25-mile-an-hour road that has robust bike-ped, transit accommodations,” Spencer said.

Once the plan is finalized, construction is expected to begin in 2018 and will take about two seasons to complete.

There will be another chance for the public to ask questions about the project at the next City Council meeting on Dec. 7.